Menagerie Young Writers’ Workshop
Menagerie Theatre is a leading new writing theatre company based at Cambridge Junction. We seek out, support and nurture playwrights to produce exciting, new and original work.
The Young Writers’ Workshop is our flagship development programme for writers aged 18 – 30, living in the East of England and around Cambridge. This project is led by Menagerie's Co-Artistic Director, Patrick Morris and will resume in January 2027.
Previous participants have gone on to…
Win the Bruntwood Prize Judges’ Award
Win the Bruntwood Prize North-West Original New Voice Award
Win the George Devine Award
Win a Fringe First in Edinburgh
Write for broadcast TV and Radio
Have work produced by Theatre503, Park Theatre, Hampstead Theatre, Colchester Mercury, New Wolsey & more
Gain literary representation
Teach professionally at university level
Young Writers’ 2025 Cohort
Zara Azam, Grace Bartle, Whitney Glover, Sarah Saxby, Phoebe Segal, Aisling Towl, and Sophie Underwood.
Phoebe Segal’s piece, “Nude“ which she developed on the YWW went on to great acclaim at the Edinburgh Fringe 2026 - congratulations Phoebe!
Guest Writers 2025: Winsome Pinnock, Sarah Woods and Andrew Burton
(L to R) Grace Bartle, Sarah Saxby, Phoebe Segal, Zara Azam, Aisling Towl, Sophie Underwood, Whitney Glover.
